Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-05

names. The specimens were all that
could be desired by any one. Hi
display OF pears was quite as credit.
able. And the same is true of exhib.
its of Lisbon, Sicily and Malaga lem,
ons shown by Mr.. Cate.
g. H. HARTKR
Was to the fore with a magnificen
display of apples. He had on the ia
bic fully two dozen plates of the fruit
with five apples to the plate. No one
with eyes could pass without noticing
the excellence of the display. Fal
Pippins, New York Pippins, Limbel
Twig, Rhode Island Greening, Bell
flower, Roxbury Russet, and many
others were embraced in the display
MRS. T. r. PASSIONS
Had fine display of jellies, including
apricot, blackberry, apple, grape,
plum, pear, lemon, ounce, peach,
etc.
VEGETABLES.
Downey. Los Nietos, the Ranchito
and other parts OF the county tnerc-
about, are particularly noted as the
home of the vegetable products of all
sorts. The display at the Fair is very
| remarkable. No one can see these
exhibits and not conceive the
highest opinion of the soil and
climate in which they grow.
Potatoes weighing from one to
five pounds, and sound to the core ;
sweet potatoes quite as heavy and
quite as free from blemishes; corn
| in half-bushel lets that have sixteen
to twenty rows to the cob, and which
measure foot to eighteen inches in
length, the stalks being twenty
feet high, and some of them
bearing six ears to the
stalk, are some of the remarkable
things seen here. These mammoth
ears of corn are SO perfect that there
is not grain missing from the but to
the point. Squash, pumpkins and
other field products are quite as re-
markable.
Among the exhibits were noticed a
basket of sweet potatoes, each speci-
men in which would weigh from two
to five pounds. They were perfectly
sound and free from all blemishes. A
half-bushel of red potatoes, on exhibit
tion by G. K. French, was very fine.
A bushel of Stray Beauty-red pota-
toes-was quite as remarkable. A
half-bushel OF Peach Blow potatoes
was made up of beautiful and perfect
specimens, as was also alot of common
red of remarkable size. A half
bushel OF yellow dent corn on the cob
shows what Downey can do
in this respect. These had
twenty rows to the ear, each OF
which was nearly foot long.
A half bushel of white potatoes was
shown, in which single specimens
would weigh five pounds, and there
was not fieck of imperfection about
one of them. In a half bushel of
small yellow corn the cobs were ten
to twelve inches long, and there was
not missing grain from but to point.
There was fine half bushel of blue
Jersey potatoes on the table. Here is
one Of the places for the coming in
dustry of California, the growing of
sugar beets. Mr.. Fox had four speci-
mems in his display, and these will
weigh fifty pounds each and upwards.
A display Of sweet potatoes, embrac-
ing the yellow, white and deep pink
was very attractive. H. Hood showed
these, and of one sort of sweet pota-
toes he had some of the present crop,
and score of very large ones of the
crop of year ago.
PUMPKINS.
Pumpkins and squash of all sorts,
shapes and sizes,-excepting small
ores,-lay all over the floor. All
the farmers around Downey, Los
Nietos and Ranchito raise these crops,
and they grow SO large it will be hard
to tell who is to get the prize. 1t is
common thing to see specimens
which weigh $50 to 175 pounds each.
They are round, probate, long, wry-
necked; yellow, red, russell and
white; but they are all fine.
Corn grows at Downey which is
twenty feet high, with half dozen
ears to the stalk. Go to the fair and
see it There are twenty rows to the
ear and the ears are a foot long.
There is not missing grain on the
ears.
Common varieties of beets grown
in the fine soil around Downey weigh
fifty to seventy-five pounds each.
You see such at the fair and they will
let you weigh them if you like.
THE STOCK YARDS.
Mr.. &. A. Cofman exhibits a year
old thoroughbred Durham bull-beef
strain, which is a beautiful animal.
He shows cow of the same strain,
with fine calf two months old. The
same owner shows fine family COW
"a graded Durham. Mr.. Cranson's
big Durham bull is giant.
MR.. T. d. CLANCY
Has fine collection of thoroughbred
Holstein cattle, including bull bred
at Syracuse, N. ", three imported
cows and several of California birth.
The stock is credit to the country
and Mr.. Chaney may we'll be proud of
his exhibit.
MR.. JOHN CHAPMAN
Confines his efforts to the showing of
a Jersey bull calf only seven months
Dub IL ID a DCdutN. LIZ 10 vi bllc
Kerns stock, OF which there is good
deal at the fair. Mr.. Kerns shows a
fine Jersey bull, COW of the same
breed and also COW and calf. With
such stock Downey need not go far
field. Durhams, Holsteins and Jer-
seys make good showing.
C. B. wooDHEAD
Has in charge of S. III. Dilliner, fine
young thoroughbred Jersey bull,
3 years old, named Chantee Sultan.
The animal cost $500 on board cars
in Ohio. His sire sold at l year old
for $4,000 in St. Louis. Mr.. Wood
head has also Mariposa II, a fine COW,
once the property of the late F. J. Bar
retto. Then comes-same owner
Youcaipi, a thoroughbred Jersey COW
of great beauty. She will milk when
fresh three gallons day, In the same